In today’s Gospel, we encounter two discouraged and broken men making their way to Emmaus. It is late in the afternoon, and the sun is sinking low. They are also moving in the wrong direction, west.

Like the two companions on the road, who were asked “what sort of things?” by Our Lord, we have to answer him ourselves. The strangest tales are the true ones.

“Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over” (Luke 24:29). We are all on the road to Emmaus. Life’s journey is made up of smaller forays that take us toward something ...

Let’s examine the Road to Emmaus in verse segments. It begins on what we call Easter Sunday: “Now that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from ...

For Easter Sunday, Rev. Jeremiah Johnston, Ph.D., reflects on the Road to Emmaus and the hope offered by the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ after his death on the cross.

The episode of the two disciples on the way to Emmaus contains elements that symbolize a certain style of prayerful reflection. Cleopas and the anonymous disciple prayerfully discuss the things ...

It’s the third day, and we find ourselves with two of Jesus’ disciples on their way out of town, leaving Jerusalem on the road to Emmaus. It’s about five in the evening as they walk, huddled ...

These two were no different; they were confused, crushed, and even, according to Jesus, lacking faith. Often we can be the same way on this journey of ours in our struggles, not fully aware of ...

The long passage, which I will truncate, is about the journey on the road to Emmaus: “Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.